NFB Academic (Formerly NFB CAMPUS)

Resource(s):

License Begins:

January 1, 2017

License Ends:

December 31, 2017

Preamble:

2017 renewal pricing is now ready for NFB Education, formerly NFB Campus. NFB are rebranding. There is no loss of content or functionality; adding new content and increasing functionality (eg. improved chaptering tool).
Supplementary content will be learner focused and centred around critical thinking. Bite-sized modular lessons, a lesson builder, online workshops for media production, and short-form courses will also be available to subscribers.

Consortial Note:

This is a TAL/Consortia Canada license, OCLS is the lead.

Updates:

New for 2017

Domain Authentication will simplify profile creation for academic subscribers (college and university). Instead of circulating an activation link, all users will go to one page and enter their institutional email. If the institution has a valid subscription, the user will be allowed to create a profile. In order to finalize the registration, the user will access their email to confirm registration. This will also prevent anyone from using a fictitious email to gain entry.

Student Access: Students can also create profiles through domain authentication. They can also use NFB video school to create productions or presentations; students can create playlists, chapters and share their playlists/chapters. Subscribers domain names are required for the student profile ability to be set up (TAL requested this from subscribers already).

Single Sign On (SSO) for all users (with Facebook and Google).

Other improvements

Interoperability with any Learning Management System.

Closed Captioning: NFB had a pending initiative to caption over 50% of their back catalogue.

MARC records will be RDA compliant.

Agreement with OverDrive to offer public library patrons digital access.

Remaining the same

Films will still be IP authenticated.

Usage statistics will still be provided on a quarterly basis.

Public libraries and remote access: Unfortunately, due to the rights agreements with producers, we cannot offer remote access to public libraries at this time. However, public libraries will be able to make NFB be films available to their patrons remotely through OverDrive.

Additional Description:

From the vendor:

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has been a trusted educational resource for more than seven decades. Today, thousands of NFB titles in every form and genre—from documentary to animation, feature film to interactive—are instantly available online. We are recognized around the world as a provider of high-quality, well-researched educational productions—productions that rack up millions of views every year.

And now our 21st-century teaching tools are more accessible than ever. Through CAMPUS, educators have an immense bank of innovative teaching resources at their fingertips. Our guides, playlists, chaptering and sharing features allow you to easily integrate media into your lesson plans and tailor lectures to your needs.

CAMPUS can turn any setting into an educational setting. Classrooms, homes, libraries, resource centres, offices and even boardrooms suddenly become places where learning comes to life.

Coverage: 1917-Present.

Updated: Quarterly

Response

Response Deadline:

November 7, 2016

Response Instructions:

Please respond with your decision to subscribe or cancel an existing subscription to cfoley@thealbertalibrary.ab.ca by Monday, November 7, 2016. Current subscriptions will be renewed if cancellation notice is not provided by Monday, November 7, 2016.

Usage statistics are automatically sent to the contact at each subscribing college on a quarterly basis:

December through March stats are sent in April

April through June stats are sent in July

July through September stats are sent in October

October through November stats are sent in December

MARC records: Each libraries is to designate a MARC record contact in their response spreadsheet. This person will be set up with a profile that allows them to download the records from the NFB/ONF website.